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Patent GB-2148212-A (GB)
Title: Traction device for vehicle wheel
Inventor: MURDOCH ABRAM ROY
IPC: B60C27/04
Filed: 1984-07-30
Abstract: The device comprises a mounting member (1) which is fixed to the hub (2) of the wheel (3) and supports a plurality of traction bars (4). Each traction bar has a tyre contact portion (6) which in use extends over approximately one half (7) of the width of the tyre (8) in order to reduce the chance of the vehicle becoming bogged down by the cutting action of the bars (4). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2145404-A (GB)
Title: Sludge concentration method
Inventor: SUZUKI AKIRA
IPC: B03D1/14
Filed: 1984-08-03
Abstract: A method of sludge concentration comprises forming a froth in the foaming zone by mixing a foaming agent, air and water, mixing the sludge feed with said froth and a polymeric flocculant in a mixing zone, and introducing the resulting mixture of sludge and flocculant into a flotation zone for separating the mixture into a concentrated sludge and water is disclosed.
Patent GB-2145088-A (GB)
Title: Metronidazole injectable compositions
Inventor: BELL JOHN HOWARD
IPC: A61P31/04
Filed: 1984-08-17
Abstract: A sterile, substantially neutral aqueous injectable suspension comprises up to approximately 80% w/v of metronidazole, the metronidazole being in the form of particles having a median maximum dimension of from 15 to 30 microns and containing not more than about 10% by weight of particles having a maximum dimension of 10 microns or less and not more than about 10% by weight of particles having a maximum dimension of 80 microns or greater.
Patent GB-2163638-A (GB)
Title: Anti-nbc (nuclear, biological or bacteriological, chemical) overshoe and its manufacturing process
Inventor: FABBRO ORESTE
IPC: A62B17/00
Filed: 1984-08-30
Abstract: The overshoe comprises a textile insert (1) completely permeated by and embedded in a rubber based mixture (2) and is injection moulded and vulcanised in one piece without seams or joints. This insert is embedded in the mixture in an asymmetrical manner, as a result of which externally the insert is covered with a thick layer of rubber, whereas internally the mixture permeates beyond the insert on account of the moulding pressure and reaches a reduced thickness of 0.1 mm. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2156886-A (GB)
Title: Protection envelope for a door
Inventor: THACKER JOHN
IPC: E04G21/24
Filed: 1985-01-09
Abstract: An envelope 1 for a hinge mounted door 5 to protect the door leaf during installation or room re-decoration, comprises a rectangular sleeve 2 incorporating a pair of panels 3, 4 each approximating in dimensions to the surface area of the door, the panels being interconnected at sides 6 and 8 and with releasable fastening means 12 adapted to extend from one panel 3 to the other panel 4, by passing around the door edge adjacent its hinges, so as to fasten the envelope temporarily onto the door. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2159391-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for storing recording media, particularly for installation in motor-vehicles
Inventor: ACKERET PETER
IPC: G11B23/02
Filed: 1985-05-22
Abstract: Easily operable apparatus for storing and retrieving recording media, magnetic tape cassettes and compact discs for example, is characterized by a housing and at least first recording media carrier slidably supported therein for movement between a stored position and a recording medium removal position under the influence of an ejection spring. The storage apparatus is provided with a locking mechanism, for retaining the carrier in the stored position, which will not be unintentionally released in response to rapid acceleration or deceleration when the storage apparatus is mounted within a motor vehicle.
Patent GB-2176326-A (GB)
Title: Digital timer
Inventor: DAGHIGHIAN HAMID
IPC: H03K21/00
Filed: 1985-06-06
Abstract: A digital timer for use in a microprocessor comprises: an N-bit counter (2) having a clock input for receiving clock pulses and for counting in response thereto and for producing a first signal (UNFA) in response to the counter reaching a first predetermined count; an M-bit counter (8) having a clock input for receiving clock pulses and for counting in response thereto; bistable means (4) having a SET input coupled to receive the first signal of the N-bit counter, a RESET input and an output; and AND gate (6) having a first input coupled to the output of the bistable means, a second input coupled to the clock input of the N-bit counter and an output coupled to the clock input of the M-bit counter and to the RESET input of the bistable means; and means (16) coupled to receive the first signal of the N-bit counter and for producing a second signal in response to the M-bit counter having a second predetermined count when the first signal is produced, whereby the second signal is indicative of an (M+N)-bit count being reached. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2165675-A (GB)
Title: Relocation management and reporting system
Inventor: HAGEL SR ROBERT J
IPC: G06F15/00
Filed: 1985-09-05
Abstract: A relocation management and reporting data processing system processes reimbursement requests for employees who have been transferred. The system includes a data base for storing and retrieving information characterizing, inter alia, the transferred employee, the types of expenses which will be reimbursed, the limits of reimbursement for each expense and/or employee category, the amount spent to date in each category and mortgage data relating to the transferred employee's old and new dwellings. Set up, data entry and reporting proceeds through a series of nested menus which may be individually and directly addressed. Upon entry of a request for reimbursement, the data and expense category are verified and the expense category limit and the amount spent to date are retrieved and processed to authorize or reject the underlying reimbursement request. The system also permits an allowance to be calculated for the reimbursement of increased mortgage interest paid on the new dwelling. The allowance is calculated in accordance with predefined reimbursement policies entered into the data base.
Patent GB-2164939-A (GB)
Title: Synthesis of thioglycolic acid
Inventor: TSUI MOSUM EUGENE
IPC: C07C/
Filed: 1985-09-27
Abstract: Thioglycolic acid is made by contacting in a reaction zone at elevated pressure of H2S gas of at least 250 psig (1723 kPa) a mixture of monochloroacetic acid and dichloroacetic acid with a molar excess of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal hydrosulfide to form the metal salt of thioglycolic acid, acidifying said salt and removing the free thioglycolic acid. The ratio of monochloroacetic acid to dichloroacetic acid is 99:1 to 75:25 by weight, the molar ratio of hydrosulfide to monochloroacetic acid is at least 2.1 and the under ratio of hydrosulfide to dichloroacetic acid is at least 3.1. A preferred process further requires separating any formed thiodiglycolic acid from the resultant liquid phase materials and recycling said acid to the reaction zone.
Patent GB-2165615-A (GB)
Title: A pulley assembly
Inventor: OLSCHEWSKI ARMIN
IPC: F16C13/00
Filed: 1985-10-11
Abstract: A pulley assembly comprises a carrier body 10 and a pulley body 11 mounted on and for rotation relative to the carrier body 10 by a bearing 12. The carrier body is cup-shaped and has a radially outwardly extending flange 18 at the closed end 17. The bearing 12 has a radially inner ring 13 supported by the tubular part 16 of the carrier body 10. For an economical and simple construction a portion 19 of the tubular part 16 at the open end of the carrier body 10 overlies the axially adjacent part of the carrier body so that the bearing ring 13 is positioned axially between the flange 18 and the overlying part 19. The bearing ring 13 is also a sliding fit on the carrier body 10. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2182840-A (GB)
Title: Absorbent towels
Inventor: ROUSSEAU JEAN-LUC
IPC: A61F13/15
Filed: 1985-11-18
Abstract: An absorbent towel for the slightly incontinent, especially of the male sex, may be formed by an impermeable outer sheet (2), a permeable inner sheet (4) and an intermediate pad of absorbent material (3) which is shorter and narrower than the preferably rectangular, outer and inner sheets, and elastic elements (11) are fixed in a stretched state over the entire length of the outer sheet (2), on the face which is turned towards the inner sheet (4), on both sides of the lateral edges (5) of the pad (3). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2172049-A (GB)
Title: Showcage door security strap and cage front restraint
Inventor: LAWRENCE DAVID BRIAN RUSSELL
IPC: E05C19/00
Filed: 1986-03-04
Abstract: A showcage door security strap and cagefront restraint Fig. 27, which allows continuance of show procedures and cage maintenance, with showcage specification details unaltered, comprises a strap 85 shaped at its lower end to engage the bottom of the showcage, the strap extending across the door of the cage and the upper end of the strap being shaped to be secured at a relatively inaccessible location e.g. by a nut and bolt. The strap and restraint are releasably secured interlocking components part of which are located in a restricted accessible void. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2178361-A (GB)
Title: Blow moulding
Inventor: NOMURA AKIHIRO
IPC: B29C48/475
Filed: 1986-07-30
Abstract: Parisons (1), formed by extruding plastics material through an annular gap partially defined by a mandrel (4) and blocks (17), have portion(s) of constant wall thickness controlled by longitudinal movement of the mandrel and portion(s) of increased wall thickness controlled by transverse movement of the movable blocks. Thickness is controlled by storing signals indicative of the gap width in dependence on desired thickness values of the moulded articles in a control unit (24), arranged to control the positions of the mandrel and the blocks. A first parison is extruded whilst making marks (12) at predetermined positions on at least one portion of constant wall thickness and on at least one portion of increased wall thickness. The parison is then blow moulded into a test article (15) whose wall thickness is measured at the marks and compared with desired values. The values stored in the control unit are adjusted to eliminate or reduce the difference between the measured and desired thickness values. Subsequent articles are then moulded from further parisons after monitoring the parison length and comparing it with a desired length and adjusting all the values stored in the control unit such that the length of the next parison is substantially equal to the desired length. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2194583-A (GB)
Title: Locking means for a capstan latch mechanism
Inventor: COOPER PETER STEVEN DENNIS
IPC: E05B47/06
Filed: 1986-08-14
Abstract: A simple arrangement applied to the shaft 11 of a capstan latch mechanism comprises a rod 14D having a fork 14 member which can be brought into or out of locking engagement with a correspondingly shaped portion 13 on the shaft. As shown a solenoid 15 is employed to move the rod 14D, with a manual back-up lever 18 being provided. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2194539-A (GB)
Title: Pvdf-based powder coatings
Inventor: SIETSES WILLEM
IPC: C09D133/12
Filed: 1986-09-01
Abstract: A pigmented PVdF-based powder coating product is disclosed, which comprises PVdF resin with a compatible thermoplastic resin, preferably PMMA, in a weight ratio of from 80:20 to 40:60, pigments, and optionally a small amount of flow promoter. Also disclosed is a process for coating a substrate, comprising the steps of (a) applying said powder coating product on a substrate, and (b) subjecting to a heat treatment.
Patent GB-2181016-A (GB)
Title: Compensating velocity errors in a reproduced video signal
Inventor: HEITMANN JURGEN
IPC: G11B20/02
Filed: 1986-09-19
Abstract: In a method for compensating velocity errors in a video signal taken from a magnetic tape in which each field is recorded in several tracks 1 to 4 running obliquely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the tape, a respective error signal corresponding to the velocity error of each line is determined and used for compensating the velocity error of the next line. For compensating the velocity error of the first line of each track, the difference A or B between the error signals of the first line of the present track and the last line of the preceding track are determined and used for compensating the velocity error of the first line of the next or the next but one track. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2366913-A (GB)
Title: Radar signature reduction
Inventor: SHEPHERD JOHN NICHOLAS
IPC: H01Q17/00
Filed: 1986-10-09
Abstract: Radar signature reduction apparatus for a vehicle (e.g. an aircraft or missile) equipment installation including equipment and a radiation transparent panel behind which the equipment is mounted, the apparatus including means to temporarily place a radar absorption and/or deflection means between the equipment and a remote vehicle detection radar source during periods in which the equipment is non-operating and to temporarily remove the radar absorption and/or deflection means during periods in which the equipment is operating. The radar absorption and/or deflection means may be an inflatable cone 7 of a thin flexible metallised coated material mounted in a radome ahead of the aircraft/missile's radar 2.
Patent GB-2200990-A (GB)
Title: Welding method and apparatus
Inventor: DEAM ROWAN THOMAS
IPC: B23K9/00
Filed: 1987-02-03
Abstract: A welding operation is monitored by causing a formed weld pool to vibrate, directing radiation, and preferably light, into the weld pool and collecting the modulated radiation reflected from the surface thereof, converting the collected radiation into an electrical signal, and processing the electrical signal to obtain details of parameters of the weld pool. Such method has the advantage that only the surface of the weld pool has to be accessible and that there will be no contamination of the weld pool as can occur if a probe is used.
Patent GB-2186868-A (GB)
Title: Device for assisting in the removal of closures for containers
Inventor: LOWE JAMES THOMAS
IPC: B67B7/18
Filed: 1987-02-19
Abstract: A device for assisting in the removal of a closure member such as bottle top and jam jar lids is described which comprises a hollow body (10) made of thermoplastic rubber in the form of an inverted cone, the walls (12) are deformable and define a central tapered bore (14) into which a screw-threaded bottle top secured to a bottle can be inserted. The interior surface of the bore has spaced axial ribs (16) and spaced circumferential ribs (18) to assist in gripping the bottle top. The exterior of the device is preferable provided with a plurality of gripping lugs (19) to enable the outer surface of the device to be securely gripped when a rotational force is applied thereto. The upper surface may have at least one flat (22) which is inwardly displaceable to accommodate a surface of less diameter than the smallest dimension of the central tapered bore. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2204301-A (GB)
Title: Magazine for plastics bag stacks
Inventor: STOTT KEITH
IPC: B65H1/04
Filed: 1987-04-24
Abstract: A magazine for a printing apparatus, especially a hot foil printing apparatus for the application of a design to plastics bags, has a base which moves vertically between a lower "full" position and an upper "empty" position, the profile of the base being variable between arcuate at the lower position and flat at the upper position, whereby the topmost bag in a stack thereof, the stack having a greater cumulative edge thickness than central thickness and being carried by the magazine floor, always presents a flat surface. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2193243-A (GB)
Title: Panels
Inventor: PEARCE JAMES
IPC: E06B3/82
Filed: 1987-05-22
Abstract: A door comprises a rectangular internal frame made up of four mitred and connected generally channel shaped extrusions connected by brackets. The door is clad with sheets adhered to the sides of the extrusions by means of double sided adhesive tape. A peripheral frame channel houses hinge mounting blocks, sealing strip or edge strips. The interior may be reinforced or foam filled.
Patent GB-2206735-A (GB)
Title: Switch operating elements
Inventor: WITTENBERG GUNTER
IPC: H01H23/14
Filed: 1987-07-03
Abstract: An electrical switch operating element comprises a rockable dolly (13) which is provided with a plunger (14) movable against the action of a spring (15) formed integrally with the plunger (14) or dolly (13). The plunger (14) may be movable in a cavity, the mouth of which is formed with a lip to prevent removal of the spring (15) and the plunger (14) after insertion in the cavity. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2197630-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle anti-theft detent acting on gear lever
Inventor: KAY SHIRLEY PATRICIA
IPC: B60R25/00
Filed: 1987-07-17
Abstract: The device for restricting movement of a lever includes a first member 10, such as an upstanding plate, for secure location to a suitable structure adjacent the lever, and a second member 20 cooperable with and lockable to the first member. When the members are locked together in use, they form a barrier which restricts the movement of the lever and inhibits access to the lever's root portion. The barrier may result from the cooperation of one of said members with other of said members and/or with a separate structure. The device may include an adaptor member (44, Fig. 4) for positioning the first member adjacent the lever, the adaptor member being shaped to suit the shape of the structure to which it is mounted. Suitably the first member is movable between retracted and extended positions (Figs. 6, 8).
Patent GB-2202467-A (GB)
Title: Device for trimming the width of a poured curtain of coating material
Inventor: DENZ MARTIN
IPC: B05C5/00
Filed: 1988-03-03
Abstract: A severing organ for trimming the width of a curtain of coating material poured onto an impingement site on a substrate, in particular a printed circuit board, to be coated and being moved at a distance below the foot end of the severing organ transverse to the direction of the flow of the curtain consists of a single separating element whose upper end is designed as a knifelike sharp severing edge. The side of the separating element turned toward the central region of the poured curtain is an uninterrupted, smooth wall surface which extends in only one plane from the severing edge in the direction toward the foot end of the separating element, forming a lower foot-end edge therewith, and has an inclination relative to the perpendicular which can be so adjusted that the trimmed central region of the poured curtain flows laminarly downward being laterally widened along the inner wall surface to become detached at the lower foot-end edge, and impinges directly with nearly the same widening onto the substrate to be coated, whereby a coating layer is deposited on the substrate with formation of only a narrow marginal bead having at most twice the height of the still undried layer on the substrate.
Patent GB-2210909-A (GB)
Title: Method for detecting the raising result in raising and raising machine
Inventor: VOSWINCKEL GERHARD
IPC: D06C11/00
Filed: 1988-08-02
Abstract: In order to detect the raising result in the raising of a cloth web 4 on a raising machine such as the tambour type, by objective measurement, the density, thickness and height of a pile structure 3 produced on the web 4 are determined by the combination of a mechanical feeder 1 and an optical scanner 14, 15, 16. The feeler 1 is weighted so that it descends and compacts the pile 3 in a zone 11 and the amount of descent ( DELTA h) into the pile 3 is sensed by a movable armature 8 of a detector 9. The optical scanner provides a light beam 14 between a transmitter and a receiver 16 which are mounted on a movable support 17. The beam 14 is directed substantially tangentially of the web base 13 and on to the pile 3 which is opened over a deflecting edge 12. And the increase of the light intensity as the beam 4 is moved upwards by moving support 17 allows the height and density of pile 3 to be determined. The radius of curvature of edge 12 is adapted to the cloth web type and for pile type so that a clear optical signal can be obtained. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2210545-A (GB)
Title: Sweetening compositions
Inventor: BEYTS PAMELA KAY
IPC: A23L27/30
Filed: 1988-10-06
Abstract: Synergy is is obtained by combining sucralose and a saccharide sweetener selected from fructose, glucose, maltose and gluco-oligosaccharides, and mixtures thereof, and sugar alcohols.
Patent GB-2227291-A (GB)
Title: High-frequency welded thermoplastic waste traps
Inventor: EDWARDS CHARLES W
IPC: B29C65/04
Filed: 1989-01-21
Abstract: A waste trap for a sink or like comprises two thermoplastic components snap-engaged together with interposed O-rings and subsequently high-frequency welded to provide a seal between the components. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2216862-A (GB)
Title: Winches
Inventor: WRIGHT GRAHAM WILLIAM
IPC: B66D1/06
Filed: 1989-03-14
Abstract: A portable rescue winch has a main winding drum (46) rotatable substantially continuously by reciprocal movement of a lever (56) so that the person being rescued is less prone to discomfort or injury. Rotation of the main drum is by means of pawls (58, 62) movable by the lever to act on a toothed wheel (54) attached to the drum. One paw (58) is directly connected to the lever and the other (62) is connected to the handle via a linkage system 66-74. Lever 56 is in two separable parts for ease of transport. Part of the drum axle (48 Fig 2 not shown) can be disconnected to allow a few turns of rope to be made directly onto the drum. Rope can be passed on to guide pulley (381 by resiliently parting over-lying arms (42). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2219018-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable gutter bracket
Inventor: PARKYNS RAYMOND
IPC: E04D13/072
Filed: 1989-05-05
Abstract: An adjustable gutter bracket comprises a mounting member (13), securable to an upright supporting surface, and a gutter support (1). The mounting member and the support are provided with an elongate guideway (19, 20) and with a headed member (10, 11) engageable through and slideable in the said guideway so as to retain the mounting member and support releasably in assembly. The mounting member and the support are further provided with cooperating rack (15) and a detent (22) serving to retain the support in a selected height position relative to the mounting member. A further, resiliently deformable headed-pin (12) and slot (21) arrangement serves to retain detent (22) in engagement with rack (15). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2220350-A (GB)
Title: Delayed release formulations comprising glassy amylose
Inventor: ALLWOOD MICHAEL CHARLES
IPC: A61K9/22
Filed: 1989-05-25
Abstract: Delayed release compositions comprising an active compound and glassy amylose are of use with a variety of different types of active compound but particularly for achieving the selective release of medicaments into the colon.
Patent GB-2235205-A (GB)
Title: Detergent laundry bars
Inventor: POWERS PETER JAMES
IPC: C11D3/02
Filed: 1989-08-10
Abstract: A method of making detergent laundry bars containing anionic detergent active, detergency builder and other ingredients wherein a water soluble phosphate, a water soluble polyvalent metal compound and a silaceous material are mixed together so that the phosphate is added before the metal compound or silaceous material or both.
Patent GB-2222522-A (GB)
Title: Mat holder
Inventor: STAMATIOU PAUL ORSON
IPC: A47G27/04
Filed: 1989-09-08
Abstract: A holder for flexible material, for example a disposable floor mat, comprises a base (4) on which the material rests, at least part of the base having an integral wall (12) so arranged as to form a recess (6). The recess is dimensioned so as to receive the material in a close fit and means are provided to hold the material in place. The holding means may comprise a lip (14) integral with the wall of the holder which extends above the recess and means (19) may be provided on the surface of the holder to act as a guide for the correct placement of the material. Additionally or alternatively the base (4) of the holder may include holding means (26), such as 'Klettostop', which comprises a plurality of upwardly extending hooks or spikes formed from a plastic material. Means may also be provided for retaining the holder (2) on a support surface.